THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2014-9598
MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2014-9598

Vlc Media Player vulnerability

CVSS
6.8
EPSS
6.3%
EPSS pct
93th
Exploited
No known
The picture_Release function in misc/picture.c in VideoLAN VLC media player 2.1.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (write access violation) via a crafted M2V file.
Affected vendor
Videolan
Affected product
Vlc Media Player
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation
Published
2015-01-21

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, medium attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to confidentiality, partial impact to integrity, partial impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 6.3% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 93% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2014-9598

  • Confirm whether Videolan Vlc Media Player is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2014-9598.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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